Spencer Teen Suffers Minor Injuries In Monday Collision On Hyden Road

Area emergency personnel from the Owen County EMS and Rescue Team, county sheriff’s department and Owen Valley Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a single-vehicle crash Monday shortly after 8:30 p.m. on rural Hyden Road. Once on the scene, rescue team members worked with the Jaws of Life to extricate Nicholas Bishop, 17, of Spencer, from his 1986 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck. Bishop suffered minor facial injuries following a head-on collision with a tree and was transported by an EMS unit to Bloomington Hospital for treatment. According to investigating officer Phil White of the OCSD, Bishop had attempted to move over for oncoming traffic when he overcorrected, traveled left of center and off the roadway, striking the tree. (Staff Photo by Michael Stanley)